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February 21, 2017
Robin S. Sharma once stated: “the business of business is relationships. The business of life is human connection.” We live in a world with so much communication technology at the touch of our fingers, yet the touch that most people need and want–especially post-Christian minded ones–is the touch that comes from altruistic human initiative. The kind of relational initiative that I am referring to is not a utilitarian kind of connection (“I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”), but rather the genuine attempt to connect with another person for who they are, and for what you see in them […]
February 15, 2017
Back in my youth group days, Sunday nights were regularly spent in gatherings known as “Singspiration.” One of the popular songs that we sang around the guitar was the familiar, “And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” I believe you can take that song line and have a robust discussion around a number of topics that could fill-in the blank: “They’ll know we are Christians by our ________.” To stimulate our thinking, let me suggest a BIG topic in our post-Christian times: passion and compassion. Post-Christian minded people often pay attention to people who have zeal for something/someone and […]
February 8, 2017
Mother Teresa, the late Founder of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India said often: “Honesty and transparency will make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.” Her words remind us that in an age of skepticism, criticism and doubt over motives, what post-Christian thinking people want is transparency, something that illuminates an open path directly to the human heart. The idea behind transparency is allowing light to enter freely so that people can see to the core with clear and unobstructed vision. In increasing ways, society has become more skeptical of the way advertising is presented and politics are played because people […]
February 1, 2017
In his work, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage, Kurt Vonnegut writes: “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” We live in a time of profound communication technology. We have smart phones, social media, instant video “chatting” with others, texting, and emerging technologies that can link us with practically anything and anybody. Yet we dwell in a culture that is vastly lonely and disconnected. People today yearn for community and a place to belong in an ocean […]